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Thank you for bringing in that important bit of detail.

We will move forward with the questions. I will bring in Annie Wells.

If no one else wants to come in, we will move on to questions from Willie Coffey.

I will follow up. We have begun to discuss the issue, but I will tidy it up a little. I direct my questions to Chris to start with.

What challenges do you foresee in taking forward the single building assessment programme and the Scottish Government-funded cladding remediation work? That is one bit of the question.

I represent a region that has a lot of islands and rural areas. I am therefore interested in what challenges might be faced by those parts of Scotland. That is my second question.

I also have a third question—I will get them all in in one go. How do we ensure that quality is not compromised in favour of budgetary savings?

I apologise for that suspension. We have sorted out the technical issue by moving to a new committee room. I will now give the floor back to Miles Briggs to continue with his questions.

Are there any takers for that? Peter Drummond, do not worry about dominating the meeting, if you have the insight.

As no one else wants to come in on that question, we will move on.

We are having technical difficulties—Laura Hughes and George Edwardes cannot hear us. I will temporarily suspend the meeting until we sort that out, because I want them to be part of the conversation. I apologise for that.

We have a request from George Edwardes to repeat the second question so that he can respond to it.

The regulations would prevent the use of highly combustible metal composite material in external cladding and insulation.

Is the definition of such material robust enough to ensure that the danger that is posed by that material has been reduced as far as is reasonably practicable?

Thank you for that response and that clear direction for us to be aware of.

Thank you for that useful detail.

Before drawing to a close, I want to give everyone the opportunity to say anything that they think we have not heard. Please indicate if you would like to come back in. I see that Chris Ashurst wants to do so.